America’s Great Outdoors Report Released today by Ken Salazar

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Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released a report about the 50-State America’s Great Outdoors Project describing more than 100 of the proposed projects designed to promote conservation and outdoor recreation. A quote from this announcement shares…“We have listened to the American people and their elected representatives about the most important things we can [...] Read more »

The Spirit of the Buffalo Calf in Yellowstone

Buffalo Calf in Snow at Yellowstone

For me there are a few things that makes the West come alive from books that I have read and movies that I have seen and the Buffalo is such a symbol of the West. This amazing photo was brought to my attention by the blog Wyofile and it was taken by Yathin on Flickr. If [...] Read more »

National Forest Service Fall Colors Hotline and Website

The National Forest Service has created a new website and hotline to help you find the best places to see Fall Colors. While in most places this year the fall colors are all but gone you can certainly mark this for next fall. National Forest Service Fall Colors Website  http://www.fs.fed.us/fallcolors/ National Forest Service Fall Colors [...] Read more »

Welcome to LandOutWest.com

LandOutWest.com has been on my mind for a long time and finally we are able to give it some life. Living out west was always a dream for us and in 1995 we pulled up our roots and left everything behind to look for a better lifestyle out west. We ended up in Colorado but [...] Read more »